I can't join any midwest.social communities, I have to create a new account. Is this because my account is under sh.itjust.works and midwest.social isn't linked like Beehaw and lemmy.world? Not a question specifically for you, just anyone with fediverse knowledge.
are you on desktop or an app?
I know on desktop you should be able to log into sh.itjust.works, then click on the Communities tab and there will be a search box
if you paste !cats@midwest.social into the search box and hit search it will attempt to federate that community onto sh.itjust.works
it can take a minute to appear but the search result should eventually switch from no results to showing the 'cats' community and you can then view/subscribe right there from your home instance
same applies to any remote community, you need to search for the !community_name@instance_name from your home instances search box
thanks for using Leebra!
go to feed...
!@<midwest.social> !@<feddit.de>
It's certainly something to see all the different instance names :)
save